tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630866498774359160.post4622821159657843695..comments2024-03-27T18:03:56.756+00:00Comments on In My Lady's Chamber: Fingerloop: a few braidsMiriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07941566213672427040noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630866498774359160.post-46132756428814569012012-08-06T18:24:56.935+01:002012-08-06T18:24:56.935+01:00No worries. And thanks for telling me about the ne...No worries. And thanks for telling me about the new page on your website - it's both useful and beautiful. ^_^Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941566213672427040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630866498774359160.post-87437558433158659092012-08-04T21:21:45.608+01:002012-08-04T21:21:45.608+01:00I just replied to that letter! Sorry I missed it ...I just replied to that letter! Sorry I missed it for so long. I was trying to focus on finishing the one section on my web page, and ironically missed hearing something really lfabulous and completely related. THANKS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630866498774359160.post-41972660178484898192012-08-04T11:12:25.574+01:002012-08-04T11:12:25.574+01:00Thank you for your reply and for the beautifully c...Thank you for your reply and for the beautifully clear instructions for your version of the cowe de race. I shall have to try that one again and report back. I shall also try to record more precisely how I got the colour-changing version and the other version (and perhaps take some better photos of them).<br /><br />"Over side" makes a lot more sense if it is the opposite of "under side". Seems obvious now!<br /><br />Thanks too for your amazing website. <br /><br />(Also, I sent you an email a week or so ago with a link to a fascimile of the Harley MS. Not sure if you know about that link but it looked useful.)Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941566213672427040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630866498774359160.post-60055698568015354062012-08-04T04:11:59.765+01:002012-08-04T04:11:59.765+01:00Lovely braids!
Hopefully I can help clarify what ...Lovely braids!<br /><br />Hopefully I can help clarify what I did with the cowe-de-race, and why.<br /><br />There are certain things medieval braiders (the ones writing the manuscript, anyway) seem to have assumed. <br /><br />The first assumption is that the palms are facing, and the natural way to put your finger through a loop is from "without" - "within" referring to the space between your hands. So the first instruction - to go through B from within outward means you're doing it the opposite way from usual. You sound clear enough on that part.<br /><br />The second assumption is that when loops are taken "unreversed" your finger enters the loop itself. For "reversed" loops, your finger does not enter the loop, but takes it from *below*. <br /><br />For this braid, they don't want you to enter the loop, so they say "reversed", but they want you to grab the top portion of the loop rather than the lower portion assumed by "reversed", so it specifies the "over side". The odd thing is that when you do this from "without" (remember the first assumption) the loop doesn't actually twist. So the color that was on top, forming the stitches stays on top.<br /><br />That's how I interpreted the instructions anyway, and how I got the braid I did. I'm *very* intrigued by your color changing version, since the Serene text contains a similar "compound" braid. The colors are to be reversed as desired. I changed all the loops at once, but perhaps something in the way you were doing it is a better answer. I'll have to consider it further.<br /><br />I have a better index to the braids now, if it will help your experiments:<br /><br />http://www.silkewerk.com/braids/index.html<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your work. This was very interesting.<br /><br />--CindyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com